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Canada election 2015: A look at Alberta's candidates and federal ridings

The federal election campaign is officially underway, but things will look a little different when politicians battle for votes in Alberta.

The province gained six seats when the electoral boundaries were redrawn in 2012, bringing the total to 34 ridings.

Lori Williams from Mount Royal University thinks there may be three or four seats in play in both Calgary and Edmonton.

"We're used to people flying over and not paying any attention to us," she said. "It's interesting to see that vote is not being taken for granted anymore."

She says the recent infrastructure announcements in Calgary suggest the Conservatives are worried.

Boundaries are constitutionally required to be reviewed every 10 years to make sure representation in Ottawa reflects the national population. Electoral redistribution will add 30 seats to the House of Commons in this election, for a new total of 338.

Below is a look at the redistribution in Alberta. Click on the riding name for a detailed riding map.

So far the Conservative Party is leading in candidate nominations — including 13 incumbents, but nomination races are still underway across the province.

- Conservative: 33/34

- Liberal: 25/34

- NDP: 7/34

- Green: 21/34

- Libertarian: 10/34

- Pirate Party: 1/34

- Rhino Party: 1/34

Calgary gains 2 seats

One of the biggest changes is the addition of two seats in Calgary for a total of 10, a change which also brought new riding names to the city for every seat except Calgary-Nose Hill and Calgary Centre.

While many Calgary MPs will vie for seats in new ridings, there are currently four constituencies where there are no incumbents on the ballot: Calgary-Confederation, Calgary-Rocky Ridge, Calgary-Shepard and Calgary-Signal Hill.

Calgary Centre​

- Conservative: Joan Crockatt (incumbent)

- Liberal: Kent Hehr

- NDP: Jillian Ratti seeking nomination

- Green: Thana Boonlert

- Libertarian: Megan Brown

Calgary Confederation

- Conservative: Len Webber (former Calgary-Foothills MLA)

- Liberal: Matthew Grant

- NDP: Kirk Heuser, Noel Keough, Arti Modgill, Danielle Nadeau McMillan and Marc Power seeking nomination

Calgary Forest Lawn

- Conservative: Deepak Obhrai (incumbent Calgary East)

- Green: Judson Hansell

- Liberal: Cam Stewart

- NDP: Mihai Ion, Myra D'Souza Kormann and Abdou Souraya seeking nomination

- Communist: Jason Devine

- Indepedent: Najeeb Butt

Calgary Heritage

- Conservative: Stephen Harper (incumbent Calgary-Southwest)

- Green: Kelly Christie

- Liberal: Brendan Miles

- NDP: Matt Masters Burgener seeking nomination

Calgary Midnapore

- Conservative: Jason Kenney (incumbent Calgary-Southeast)

- Liberal: Haley Brown

- NDP: Laura Weston

Calgary Nose Hill

Incumbent Diane Ablonczy will not be running this fall.

- Conservative: Michelle Rempel (incumbent Calgary Centre-North)

- Green: Derek Demierre

- Liberal: Ala Buzreba

- NDP: Bruce Kaufman seeking nomination (vote Aug. 25)

- Libertarian: Edward Gao

Calgary Rocky Ridge

- Conservative: Pat Kelly

- Liberal: Nirmala Naidoo

- NDP: Stephanie Kot seeking nomination

- Libertarian: Rosario Fortugno

Calgary Shepard​

- Conservative: Tom Kmiec

- Green: Graham Mackenzie

- Liberal: Jerome James

- NDP: Dany Allard

Calgary Signal Hill​

- Conservative: Ron Liepert (former Calgary-West MLA)

- Green: Taryn Knorren

- Liberal: Kerry Cundal

Calgary Skyview​

- Conservative: Devinder Shory (incumbent Calgary- Northeast)

- Green: Edward Reddy

- Liberal: Darshan Kang (former Calgary-McCall MLA)

- NDP: Mohammad Tayyab and Abdulla Rafique seeking nomination

- Democratic Advancement: Stephen Garvey

Edmonton name changes

Edmonton remains with eight seats, but there will be some new names to get used to from the last boundary change. Two ridings — Edmonton Centre and Edmonton Strathcona — retain the names used in the 2011 election.

Edmonton Centre

- Conservative: James Cumming

- Liberal: Randy Boissonnault

- Green: David Parker

- Libertarian: Blaine Bilocerkowec

- NDP: Mark Crawford, Gil McGowan and Reakash Walters seeking nomination (vote Aug. 23)

Edmonton Griesbach​

- Conservative: Kerry Diotte

- NDP: Janis Irwin

- Liberal: Brian Gold

- Green: Heather Workman

Edmonton Manning

- Conservative: Ziad Aboultaif

- NDP: Aaron Paquette

- Liberal: Sukhdev Aujla

- Green: Chris Vallee

- Libertarian: Maryna Goncharenko

Edmonton Mill Woods

- Conservative: Tim Uppal

- Liberal: Amarjeet Sohi

- NDP: Lucas Cleveland, Jasvir Deol and Colin Stubbs seeking nomination (vote Aug. 26)

Edmonton Riverbend

- Conservative: Ian Crawford, Matt Jeneroux and Sandy Pon seeking nomination (vote Aug. 5)

- Liberal: Tariq Chaudary

- Green: Valerie Kennedy

- NDP: Ruth Alexander, Brian Fleck and Meheret Worku seeking nomination

- Libertarian: Alexander Dussault

Edmonton Strathcona

- Conservative: Len Thom

- NDP: Linda Duncan (incumbent)

- Liberal: Eleanor Olszewski

- Green: Jacob Binnema

- Rhino Party: Donovan Eckstrom

- Pirate Party: Anthony Mayfield

Edmonton West

- Conservative: Kelly McCauley

- NDP: Heather MacKenzie

- Liberal: Karen Leiborici

- Green: Pam Bryan

Edmonton–Wetaskiwin

- Conservative: Mike Lake

- Liberal: Jacqueline Biollo

- NDP: Nadine Bailey and Fritz Kathryn Bitz seeking nomination (vote Aug. 17)

- Green: Joy Hut

St. Albert–Edmonton

- Conservative: Michael Cooper

- Independent: Brent Rathgeber (incumbent for Edmonton-St. Albert)

- NDP: Aretha Greatrix and Darlene Malayko seeking nomination (vote Aug. 15)

Red Deer splits

The Red Deer riding from the last federal election has been split into two for the vote this fall.

Red Deer–Lacombe

- Conservative: Blaine Calkins

- Liberal: Jeffrey Rock

- NDP: Doug Hart and Katherine Swampy seeking nomination

Red Deer–Mountain View

- Conservative: Earl Dreeshen (incumbent Red Deer)

- Green Party: Evan Bedford

- NDP: Dianne Macaulay seeking nomination

- Libertarian: James Walper

Rural Alberta boost

Three additional seats have been added in the rest of the province, mostly in rural Alberta.

There are eight ridings — including the new southern Alberta riding of Bow River, as well as the redrawn constituency of Lethbridge — that feature incumbent-free candidate rosters.

Banff–Airdrie

- Conservative: Blake Richards (incumbent Wild Rose)

- Liberal: Marlo Raynolds

- Green: Mike MacDonald

Battle River–Crowfoot

- Conservative: Kevin Sorenson (incumbent Crowfoot)

- Green: Gary Kelly

Bow River

- Conservative: Martin Shields

Foothills

- Conservative: John Barlow (incumbent Macleod)

- Green: Romy Tittel

- Libertarian: Cory Morgan

Fort McMurray–Cold Lake

- Conservative: David Yurdiga

- Liberal: Kyle Harrietha

- Libertarian: Scott Berry

Grande Prairie–Mackenzie

- Conservative: Chris Warkentin

- Green: James Friesen

Lakeland

- Conservative: Shannon Stubbs

- Libertarian: Allen Paley

- NDP: Duane Zaraska seeking nomination

Lethbridge​

- Conservative: Rachael Harder

- Green: Kas MacMillan

- Liberal: Mike Pyne

- NDP: Cheryl Meheden

Medicine Hat–Cardston–Warner

Incumbent LaVar Payne is not running.

- Conservative: Jim Hillyer (incumbent Lethbridge)

- Green: Brent Smith

- Liberal: Glen Allan

- NDP: Erin Weir

Peace River–Westlock

- Conservative: Arnold Viersen

- Liberal: Remi Tardif seeking nomination

- Libertarian: Jeremy Sergeew

Sherwood Park–Fort Saskatchewan

- Conservative: Garnett Genuis

- Liberal: Rod Frank

- NDP: Joanne Cave and Adam Comartin seeking nomination (vote Aug. 14)

- Green: Brandie Harrop

Sturgeon River–Parkland

- Conservative: Rona Ambrose (incumbent Edmonton–Spruce Grove)

- NDP: Guy Desforges seeking nomination

- Green: Brendon Greene

Yellowhead​

- Conservative: Jim Eglinski

- Liberal: Ryan Maguhn

- Libertarian: Cory Lystang